ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book covers the goals of historical archaeological work, the kinds of questions it asks, and the ethical and political concerns it raises. It has tried to keep the avenues open to find ways of sankofa, of learning from the past and the ideas people unconsciously and uncritically accept from the past so that people might build a compassionate present. The book believes that people have struggles in common and that their struggles can unite them across lines they may mistakenly think are etched in stone rather than drawn in the sand. The author chose the epigraph for the book from James Merrill's extraordinary poem 'Lost in Translation'. The book concludes with closing quotes from the final panels at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
